Taliban Not Our Partners In Fight Against ISIS, Says US Department of Defence

Sabrina Singh, a spokesperson for Pentagon told Afghanistan International on Thursday, that the US has international partners in its efforts to defeat ISIS.

However, Sabrina Singh emphasised that the US does not consider the Taliban as a cooperative force in the fight against ISIS.

This statement comes after NBC News, citing its sources, reported that in light of the growing global threat from ISIS, Biden administration officials are considering expanding cooperation with the Taliban regime to help track down ISIS-Khorasan.

NBC based this information on details provided by two informed sources and a former US official.

The US and other Western governments are striving to counter the increasing danger posed by ISIS-Khorasan. Until earlier this year, American and other Western officials believed that ISIS-Khorasan had the intent to carry out attacks outside of Afghanistan but lacked the capability to do so.

However, this perspective changed after ISIS' attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue in Moscow on March 22, which resulted in the deaths of 130 people.

The Taliban have been engaged in a bloody conflict with ISIS over the past few years and claim that ISIS has been suppressed and no longer poses a threat to the group or other countries.